Product Manager Airspace & Autonomy - DoorDash Air
Core
Own end-to-end product strategy for DoorDash Air's safety-critical software, services, platform infrastructure, and autonomy capabilities to enable scalable drone delivery.
Role type
Head of Product (Strategy & Systems Leadership)
Builds
Autonomous drone delivery system integrating aircraft, autonomy stack, mission planning, UTM, fleet management, and DoorDash marketplace.
Domain
Aviation / Robotics / Autonomous Systems / Logistics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
End-to-end product strategy, complex software/cyber-physical platforms, autonomous systems/robotics/UTM/aviation, distributed real-time systems, build-buy-partner decisions, system-level success metrics, regulatory compliance translation, technical organization shaping
Preferred skills
Standards development (ASTM), multi-layer technology stack ownership, business case development for technical investment
Technologies
UTM, airspace management, geospatial data, flight planning, mission planning, path planning, motion planning, perception, localization, guidance and control, telemetry, command and control
Responsibilities
Define long-term vision, platform architecture, and capability roadmap; Integrate drone delivery into DoorDash marketplace; Lead autonomy product roadmap; Create roadmap for 1:1 to m:N operations; Define data strategy for autonomous aviation; Build UTM and airspace-management capabilities; Lead standards compliance and engagement; Productize regulatory compliance; Make build, buy, and partner decisions; Define system-level success metrics; Connect technical investment to business outcomes; Shape the technical organization
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
